Commentary from a Christian/Constitutionalist perspective

Democrat Platform Committee Repudiates First Amendment

If the national Democrat Party platform committee has their way, companies who disagree with the Democrats’ global warming propaganda will soon be prosecuted by the Justice Department. This is apparently not a fringe position in the party, since the decision to add the provision to the platform was approved unanimously by committee members.

Would the Justice Department balk at enforcing this attack on Americans exercising their right of free speech? Not likely. Obama’s Attorney General Loretta Lynch is on record threatening to prosecute people who engage in “anti-Muslim rhetoric.” In Idaho, several juvenile Muslim immigrants are reported to have sexually assaulted a five-year old girl. The response of Obama-appointed Federal Prosecutor Wendy J. Olson? She threatened to prosecute anyone who utters “false information or inflammatory or threatening statements about the perpetrators or the crime itself.”

It comes as no surprise to see the Democrat party moving more openly toward Nazi-style censorship. But Americans in general surely won’t allow this to go further, right? Not so fast! Young Americans who’ve been trained in the increasingly radical indoctrination centers known as public schools and state universities are the future of our electorate. And they are not such reliable defenders of our (and their) free speech or other rights. A recent survey found that 40% of “Millennials” believe the government should limit speech that is “offensive to minorities.” Thankfully, that represents a small fraction of our total electorate, but it also highlights a trend toward the communist/fascist view of free speech.

Republicans in Congress: where are the impeachment resolutions against federal appointees who threaten unconstitutional actions against free speech? If you tolerate these attempts to intimidate those who exercise their rights, you are no better than the Democrats who perpetrate them. Show some backbone and stand up for the Constitution.